Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns
Section 9-322b. - Candidate elected to two or more offices in a municipality and prohibited from holding more than one office. Determination of officeholder.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, if a candidate is elected to two or more offices in a municipality at the same election and is prohibited by any provision of the general statutes, a charter or an ordinance from holding more than one such office, the candidate shall notify the registrars of voters and the municipal clerk of the office to which the candidate declines election, and the candidate for such office who receives the next highest number of votes at such election shall be deemed to have been elected to such office.

(P.A. 05-235, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 05-235 effective July 1, 2005.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 9 - Elections

Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns

Section 9-307. - Certificate of check lists; exception for certain elections and primaries held in 2020 and 2021.

Section 9-308. - Canvass of returns.

Section 9-309. - Procedure for announcing results; exception for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021. Temporary interruption of canvass after transmission of preliminary totals to Secretary of the State. Security of tabulators and other materials...

Section 9-310. - Sealing of tabulator by moderator.

Section 9-311. - Recanvass in case of discrepancy; exceptions for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021.

Section 9-311a. - Recanvass on close vote.

Section 9-311b. - Recanvass on tie vote.

Section 9-312. - Declaration of result; returns to secretary.

Section 9-313. - Forms for returns.

Section 9-314. - Return of preliminary and duplicate lists of votes by moderator; exceptions for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021.

Section 9-315. - Canvass for presidential electors, U.S. senator and members of Congress.

Section 9-316. - Canvass in vacancy election of U.S. senator or representative.

Section 9-317. - Certification of election of U.S. senator.

Section 9-318. - Canvass of votes for state officers.

Section 9-319. - Canvass of votes for state senators and representatives and judges of probate.

Section 9-320. - Returns of municipal elections by clerks. Elected town clerk who is registrar of vital statistics ex officio.

Section 9-320f. - Manual or electronic audit of votes by registrar of voters or town clerk. Offices subject to audit. University of Connecticut analysis. Discrepancy recanvass. Voting tabulator failure to record votes. Secretary of the State investig...

Section 9-320g. - Authorization of electronic equipment by Secretary of the State for conduct of an audit.

Section 9-321. - Return by moderator of election of town clerk and registrar of vital statistics.

Section 9-322. - Failure of moderator to make returns.

Section 9-322a. - Correction of errors in returns. Clerk to file listing of returns. Certification of lists. Exception for certain regular elections held in 2020 and 2021.

Section 9-322b. - Candidate elected to two or more offices in a municipality and prohibited from holding more than one office. Determination of officeholder.